Tubular receptacle



Patented July 14, 1953 Q Richard Johannes Tiipfer, Bissingen (Enz), Germany, assignor to Inconex Handelsges. m. b. H., Stuttgart, Zuffenhausen, Germany, a firm Application August 4, 1950, Serial No. 177,628 In Germany September 20, 1949 1 Claim.v (Cl. 220-4) My invention relates to special receptacles, and sleeves. By cutting the Wrapper, with the adapted to selectively hold diverse articles for finger nail riding within the annular recesses 2' personal and accidental use, and put up as a merformed between the sleeves, the receptacle can cantile unit-and more especially to tubular rebe easily disassembled step by step, adequately ceptacles structurally improved for holding one to the consumption of the shaving-stick and T or more articles, or sets thereof-1ncluding e. g. down to its remnant 0', shown in Fig 3 solids, such as soap-stick, pills, tablets, cosmetics, In the structurally modified receptacle shown creams, powders, lipsticks, etc -safely protected in Figs 4-6 the base e2 sleeves b2 and cap :12 therein against contamination, damage and leakare formed with screw threads f f2 I3 so as to age and readily accessible for use and consumpthreadably fit into each other and hermetically ti n.

Owing to specific structural features, set forth may be provided with walls k, k on its lower and hereinafter the component parts of the improved upper sides, on which upper wall sleeves b3 receptacle lend themselves to being economicalhaving transveise partition walls 93 and cap a3 ly produced in moulds by mass pioductlon, reappertaining thereto are screw threaded while quning no finishing operations, and may be prefon the lower wall it sleeves b4 without transerably made of artificial synthetic resins of light verse partition walls and cap a4 are slidingly and weight and ample rigidity. frictionally fit, and are enclosed 1n a wrapper d4 Still other useful features of the receptacle will The sections of the receptacle which are withbecome apparent in the course of the following out threads may have an oval or polygonal crossdescription and from the accompanying drawsectional shape to suit special articles, conditions mg and requirements.

tion, of a tubular receptacle for accommodating a single article, such as a shaving stick or a lipthe like comprising a plurality of cylindrical stick, shell-like sleeve sections open from end to end Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of one of adapted to be coaxially' assembled, each sleeve the stepped sleeves,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view, partly in sec- WhatI claim is:

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view, partly in secline having a stepped-off zone corresponding to tion, showing the base covered by the cap and the thickness of the wall of the sleeve and deenclosing the remnant of a shaving stick or lipfining a contracted sleeve section at one end stick, and thereof and an expanded sleeve section at the Figs 4-8 show structurally modified receptacles 40 other end thereof, said sleeve sections being of and their component parts, partly in section substantially the same length whereby the sleeve expanded zones, which are superimposed upon wall dimensioned to fit adjacent end sleeve secother, the wall e and the cap a. other when separated from said sleeve sections. To make it up as a mercantile unit the rece1o- RICHARD JOHANNES TfjppER tacle, shown in Fig. 1, is enclosed in a wrapper d fixed therearound for holding together the base (References on following page) r r 3 References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Carman" Nov. 2'7, 1877 Dean Apr. 14:, 1885 Lederle Nov. 23, 1886 Simon Nov. 1, 1887 Jenkins Feb. 15, 1910 Rope June 27, 1922 Number Name Date Tibbatos Nov. 7, 1922 V Weis June 16, 1925 Lupo Jan. 11, 1927 Conner Apr. 13, 1937 Thompson Aug. 10, 1943' FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date 7 Great Britain Jan. 27, 1937 Germany June 2'7, 1940 

